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Dherwa Population - Katihar, Bihar

Dherwa is a large village located in Hasanganj Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 713 families residing. The Dherwa village has population of 3521 of which 1800 are males while 1721 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dherwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 735 which makes up 20.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dherwa village is 956 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dherwa as per census is 960, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dherwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dherwa village was 52.69 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dherwa Male literacy stands at 58.18 % while female literacy rate was 46.95 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dherwa village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Dherwa village.

Dherwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 713 - -
Population 3,521 1,800 1,721
Child (0-6) 735 375 360
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 52.69 % 58.18 % 46.95 %
Total Workers 1,064 870 194
Main Worker 915 - -
Marginal Worker 149 101 48

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Dherwa village of Katihar district.

Work Profile

In Dherwa village out of total population, 1064 were engaged in work activities. 86.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1064 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 780 were Agricultural labourer.